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Glad this is done

08-14-2010, 05:21 PM

This is a spreader to pre grade the rock on RR Track after the track has been undercut (big chainsaw blade that cut the rock from under the track cleans it and puts it back in to keep the ballast from setting up like concrete).
Not nearly as neat as most of the projects I have seen but hope you enjoy!
pic 1 the hole the attachment mounts into.
pic 2 mig welds on the frame
pic 3 the finished attachment while testing the hyd. system
pic 4 after the first day of testing
last a vid of it during testing

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This is a spreader to pre grade the rock on RR Track after the track has been undercut (big chainsaw blade that cut the rock from under the track cleans it and puts it back in to keep the ballast from setting up like concrete).
Not nearly as neat as most of the projects I have seen but hope you enjoy!
pic 1 the hole the attachment mounts into.
pic 2 mig welds on the frame
pic 3 the finished attachment while testing the hyd. system
pic 4 after the first day of testing
last a vid of it during testing

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Nice work.
Was it mild steel or more exotic?
What filler?
Looks heavy!

-Ian

Mild steel for frame 70s filler wire.
ar400 for the wing wear plates with tuballloy hard surface on the edges. dont remember the exact grade it has the carbide chunks in it very good stuff. Final ass weighed just under 3000 lb it is about 9 ft by 9 ft by 2 ft and i tell you it looked like a toy under the rock car.
oh yea not that heavy material 2 x 4 1/4 wall rec tube for most of it 3/8 plate for the rest. The idea is when it gets caught on a concrete crossing it breaks apart and does not break the rock car.

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Liked the build, nice work! Had no idea that the railroad did this kind of thing. Any way to get more pics of the items you work with? Pics are worth a 1000 words

Cant get any more pics of this project
hoped to get some during the install. finally getting better at 1/8 7018 vert and overhead and wanted to get some feed back on it
install plans changed last minute we were only given a window from 8 pm to midnight to work on it took 4 days instead of the 2 full days planned
my pore old cameria does not work very well in the dark
the next day while doing the run in and by off we cant get very close to the machine and all i had with me was my cell phone
Will try to do better next time.
Thanks for the compliments